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Serial - Serial S01 - Ep. 10: The Best Defense is a Good Defense

Adnan’s trial lawyer was M. Cristina Gutierrez, a renowned defense attorney in Maryland –\xa0tough and savvy and smart. Other lawyers said she was exactly the kind of person you’d want defending you on a first-degree murder charge. But Adnan was convicted, and a year later, Gutierrez was disbarred. What happened?

Serial S01 - Ep. 10: The Best Defense is a Good Defense

previously on cereal there's no way that she was at best by 236

did anybody else use the phone? yeah um and on I remember he was talking to a girl um he put

me on a phone with her for like three minutes that said hello to her to be a 17-year-old kid

with no experience with the system, no experience with any of this stuff it's very difficult

to believe in the early stages that this is actually what's happening this must be just some

From this American life in W.B.E.Z. Chicago, it's serial, one story told week by week.

Today's episode is mostly going to take place in the courtroom.

And before we get into the arguments at trial, I just want to play you this thing from a

I used to be a reporter for the Baltimore Sun and I covered some trials.

And if I happen to be in the courtroom for jury selection, it was always such a good

reminder of what living in Baltimore was like for so many people.

December 8, 1999, jury selection for a nun's first trial.

Judge William Quarrell asks a standard question of the jury pool.

Have you or any close family member ever been the victim of a crime, convicted of a crime,

served time for a crime, or have pending criminal charges?

A lot of people rise from their seats and then line up to talk to the judge.

I can't tell exactly what proportion of the jury pool but it looks to be at least half.

My husband's son was convicted of murder.

Serial returns with a history of Guantánamo told by people who lived through key moments in Guantánamo’s evolution, who know things the rest of us don’t about what it’s like to be caught inside an improvised justice system.

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0:00.0	previously on cereal there's no way that she was at best by 236
0:07.4	did anybody else use the phone? yeah um and on I remember he was talking to a girl um he put
0:14.4	me on a phone with her for like three minutes that said hello to her to be a 17-year-old kid
0:19.6	with no experience with the system, no experience with any of this stuff it's very difficult
0:24.1	to believe in the early stages that this is actually what's happening this must be just some
0:28.1	From this American life in W.B.E.Z. Chicago, it's serial, one story told week by week.
0:53.6	I'm Sarah Canig.
0:57.1	Today's episode is mostly going to take place in the courtroom.
0:59.8	And before we get into the arguments at trial, I just want to play you this thing from a
1:03.5	nun's jury selection.
1:04.8	I used to be a reporter for the Baltimore Sun and I covered some trials.
1:09.4	And if I happen to be in the courtroom for jury selection, it was always such a good
1:12.9	reminder of what living in Baltimore was like for so many people.
1:17.7	Here's what I'm talking about.
1:19.0	December 8, 1999, jury selection for a nun's first trial.
1:23.3	Judge William Quarrell asks a standard question of the jury pool.
1:26.6	Have you or any close family member ever been the victim of a crime, convicted of a crime,
1:36.2	served time for a crime, or have pending criminal charges?
1:41.8	A lot of people rise from their seats and then line up to talk to the judge.
1:46.0	I can't tell exactly what proportion of the jury pool but it looks to be at least half.
1:50.1	Why don't you come up to tell me?
1:52.1	My husband's son was convicted of murder.
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Serial S01 - Ep. 10: The Best Defense is a Good Defense

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